Youth from the Mexico Model United Nations Association (MEXMUN), representing many schools and universities from across the country, organized a simulation of the Rio+20 negotiations at the United Nations in Mexico City and the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus from Thursday May 31st to Saturday June 2nd.
The event opened with a panel discussion including UN experts and academics giving some important background knowledge on the issues.
Following this, participants divided into two...

On June 1st and 2nd, over 100 youth came together for "Kinshasa+20" to discuss the green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. Participants discussed global warming, reducing the effects related to deforestation and forest degradation, and the prospects for sustainable development in the country.
At the end of the forum, youth drafted recommendations to help enrich the national report of the DR Congo on Sustainable Development and advocate for government act...